It may be that the Russian military now faces the same problem that we face. If so, they have a major problem: their border with Red China. They also have borders with all the "stans" -- the Moslem would-be nations.

This is not an official document, but it surely is an interesting one.

On Norwegian national TV news this week-end was a story on Russian defense systems. The Russians declared that their systems controlling their entire defense operation are completely outdated. One spokesman said that the systems will have to be replaced, otherwise they will stop functioning in about 2-3 years...